ETHYLENE DI CHLORIDE EDC
Product code RXSOL-19-1181-025
ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE
Description
Ethylene dichloride (EDC), is a chlorinated hydrocarbon. It is a colourless liquid with a chloroform-like odour. The most common use of 1,2-dichloroethane is in the production of vinyl chloride, which is used to make polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes, furniture and automobile upholstery, wall coverings, housewares, and automobile parts. 1,2-Dichloroethane is also used generally as an intermediate for other organic chemical compounds, and as a solvent. It forms azeotropes with many other solvents, including water (at a boiling point of 70.5 °C or 158.9 °F or 343.6 K) and other chlorocarbons.
Application
PRODUCT NAME : ETHYLENEDICHLORIDE CAS number : 107-06-2 UN number : 1184 Formula : CH2CICH2CI Odour : CHOLOROFORM LIKE Solubility in water : SLIGHT Density : 1.255 at 20 oC Boiling point : 84 oC Melting point : -36 oC Viscosity : Flashpoint : 13 oC Explosive limits : 6.2 – 16 Vol% Vapour pressure : 87 mbar at 20 oC Skin absorption/irritation : YES TLV Country NL Year 1995 : 50 ppm 200 mg/m3 Pollution category 1994 : B
Precautions
1,2-Dichloroethane is toxic (especially by inhalation due to its high vapour pressure), highly flammable, and possibly carcinogenic. Its high solubility and 50-year half-life in anoxic aquifers make it a perennial pollutant and health risk that is very expensive to treat conventionally, requiring a method of bioremediation.